Human Resources: HR.com's Thought Leaders for March 20, 2008

Welcome to Thought Leaders for March 20th, 2008

Each week this newsletter features the most inspiring, educational and powerful stories from some of the world's greatest business leaders. Each five-minute video will give you the courage, energy and know-how to accomplish your tasks and motivate your team to do the same.

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Professor of Organizational Behavior, Graduate School of Business, Stanford University

Having The Courage To Break Away From The Pack
At all times in life, do what you personally think is important, irrespective of what others might tell you. Part of being an individual is having the ability and the courage to break out of the mold. The same is true of successful companies.

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Have The Courage Of Your Own Conviction	Seize opportunities and Move Decisively	Having Faith In Your Idea

Dianne Thompson Chief Executive, Camelot Group	Clive Mather President & CEO, Shell Canada	Lord Bilimoria Founder & CEO, Cobra Beer

Gut-feel and intuition play an important role in business decisions, and the people who live by the adage ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ are the ones who get left behind – so trust your judgment and go for it.	Business is about taking risks, which requires courage. When you have a new idea, develop it, test it, and then move decisively. Don’t wait, because the longer you procrastinate the more ground you are conceding to your rivals.	Maintain faith in your idea at all times; in the early days people will tell you it can’t be done, but don’t listen to detractors. Be persistent, and always believe you have the right product, as your self-belief will win through in the end.

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			Communicating for Managerial Effectiveness It is Clampitt’s premise that because communication is at the core of managerial effectiveness, mangers must have a clear view of their abilities to communicate and the challenges involved in the process; however, this is not an easy task. First, new perspectives continuously emerge whose implications are not yet fully known. Second because everyone communicates, people tend to believe that no special expertise is necessarily required to speck on the subject. As a result, most training does not even begin to address the many challenges organizations must face; thus, their communication systems continue to break down-often with tragic results.

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Influencer: The Power To Change Anything

Motivating the “What’s In It For Me” Workforce

Mobilizing Minds: Creating Wealth From Talent in the 21st-Century Organization


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